selling a car to the UK

t walgamuth · Post by **t walgamuth** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 6:12 pm

I have a fellow who is interested in buying my pf coupe who is in England. Has anybody here had experience in doing a sale out of the country?

Tom Walgamuth

Post by **330GT** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 7:15 pm

It's not too difficult. I sold one to the UK. The buyer set everything up with a freight forwarder. All I had to do was sign the title, fill out a little paperwork and deliver the car to the forwarder. After the wire transfer when though of course.

Your buyer doesn't happen to be Steve Pilkington per chance?

t walgamuth · Post by **t walgamuth** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 7:51 pm

No.

I am not 100% sure he is for real yet but it looks promising. He has not told me he is sending a wire for more money and I need to send him $50k back yet. :wink:

Tom W

a1topdog · Post by **a1topdog** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 4:04 am

330GT wrote:It's not too difficult. I sold one to the UK. The buyer set everything up with a freight forwarder. All I had to do was sign the title, fill out a little paperwork and deliver the car to the forwarder. After the wire transfer when though of course.

Hi , I'm in the UK , and as mentioned above is correct. The main thing is the car must have a clear title. Without that things start to get difficult.

t walgamuth · Post by **t walgamuth** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 6:58 am

The title is clear.

Tom W

Art S. · Post by **Art S.** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 10:10 am

I'm assuming it is the same person that is looking for a drum braked car on Fchat... 246tasman, if I recall.

Good luck with the sale!

Regards,

Art S.

t walgamuth · Post by **t walgamuth** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 7:20 pm

Good guess.

He seems for real so far.

Tom Walgamuth

AndrewW-G · Post by **AndrewW-G** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 9:22 am

Hopefully not the chap from ormskirk who's currently tearing a few 250's apart to make replica cal spyders?

t walgamuth · Post by **t walgamuth** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 2:59 pm

He says not.

Tom W

AndrewW-G · Post by **AndrewW-G** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 3:13 pm

t walgamuth wrote:He says not.

Tom W

Hi Tom

If you need any help with this deal please feel free to PM me, have brokered several US/UK deals and shipping, so know most of the pitfalls.

t walgamuth · Post by **t walgamuth** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 5:54 am

Thanks very much, Andrew.

PM sent.

Tom

t walgamuth · Post by **t walgamuth** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 6:35 am

How long does a wire of money take?

Tom

a1topdog · Post by **a1topdog** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 8:43 am

t walgamuth wrote:How long does a wire of money take?

Tom

What method is being used? ie Western Union , Paypal or Bank to Bank?

I'm hoping you are using bank to bank. This is safest but takes the longest. Expect it to take 5 -10 days to clear the funds. Make sure you give your bank exact instructions as to the amount , currency , date paid , what the senders bank info and account numbers etc. This way they can put a claim in of it at their clearing agent and it saves the funds floating around in cyberspace unclaimed. Also check with you bank if there is a period after recipt of funds that the sender can reclaim them. I think the funds can reclaimed upto 10 days after receipt. You don't want to be letting the doc's or the car go until thie reclaim period has passed , even if you can see the cash in your bank account.

Also instruct your bank that any wire transfer charges etc are charged to the sender , not to yourself. Obviously make sure that the sender is OK with this before hand. It can come as a surprise if you don't do this and you receive less then expected.

t walgamuth · Post by **t walgamuth** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 10:05 am

Thank you mr. A1topdog.

I will use the information you have offered to the best of my ability.

Tom Walgamuth

a1topdog · Post by **a1topdog** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 12:28 pm

No problem. Another thing I would say is don't let the buyer put you under pressure by trying to rush the transaction. That's when mistakes happen and they can prove to be expensive. At the end of the day the buyer has to wait 3-4 weeks for the car to arrive by boat , so taking bit of time to get a smooth wire transfer done and cleared should not bother them. (unless they are dodgy!!)